This year we are going virtual with our joint NCEO CEOI Science Conference. Whilst the agenda and arrangements are being finalised, it is promising to be an excellent event. We hope you will be able to attend the conference – it will be a great opportunity to find out about recent advances in EO science, missions and technology.

Please register for the event now - To access the event you will need to have registered. On the day you can then join the sessions on a drop in basis attending some, or all of the sessions which will be detailed in the final programme close to the date.

Further details and links to the conference sessions will be sent to you in due course, along with a guide to using and participating in Adobe Connect - the software we will be using to run the event.

The draft outline agenda for the two days is as follows:

Day 1: Wednesday 24 June, 2020

Session 1 - Welcome NCEO Plenary and NCEO Parallel Sessions:

09:30 Welcome and Introduction from NCEO and CEOI

NCEO Plenary Session I

NCEO Parallel Sessions:

• Data assimilation and uses

• New EO science missions and retrieval methods

• Global and regional processes, and model evaluation.

12:30 Lunch break

Session 2 - CEOI Plenary Session – EO Technologies

13:30 Keynote Speaker – Prof Kai Bongs, UK National Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors and Metrology

- Quantum Technology for a Future Gravity Mission Technology

Developments in current CEOI Projects, including:

- Optics and Infra Red Technologies

- Passive Microwave and Radar Technologies

16:30 Finish Day 1

Day 2: Thursday 25 June, 2020

09:00 Session 3 - Joint NCEO/CEOI Plenary – EO Missions

a) ESA Earth Explorer Programme and EE11 Call

• Overview of Earth Explorer Programme and the EE-11 Call

• Update on current EE Missions led from UK

b) EE11 Mission Ideas

• Candidate Missions for EE11 Call (15-20 mins each)

c) Other EO Missions

• TRUTHS – An ESA EarthWatch Mission in Preparation

• ESA Scout Missions

• Other Missions and Payloads (to be confirmed)

12:30 Lunch Break

13:30 Session 4 - NCEO Plenary II and NCEO Parallel Sessions:

NCEO Plenary Session II

NCEO Parallel Sessions

• Climate urgency: Climate data records, predictions and their exploitation

• Progress in EO science, infrastructure and applications

• Working internationally (ODA, GEO/CEOS, collaborations and networks, “international” studies and publications).

16:30 Conference Ends